I saw "Joe's" response and couldn't let that slide. First of all, an honest
Real Estate Appraiser will not change property value based on antennas or
towers. There is no value added or subtracted, unless the appraiser is not
being honest with you. The criteria are set forth in State laws, not
opinions.
While a REALTOR® (a professional designation printed in all capital letters
with the "Registered" symbol after) may add or take away from the asking
price, the price paid is based on the final, repeat final offer and the
consummation of the sale, not on gossip.
And REALTORs® are not, repeat not licensed appraisers. To have any real
estate agent who also holds a Real Estate Appraiser's licence will
definitely raise legal issues under the "conflict of interest" heading
because of the issue of real, or even a perceived, price-fixing. All a
REALTOR® can give the potential seller or buyer is an "estimated market
value" and that can be higher, or even lower than the actual selling price.
Actual improvements to the propety will raise the value and physical damages
or deterioration will lower the value, as will the actual structural
differences between the subject property and the comparable properties used.
All in all, the supposed "depreciated value" because of an antenna or a
tower is only in the mind, not factual. It is a matter of a neighbor who
doesn't like the perceived appearance of an antenna or a tower and the
imagined "devaluation." One must wonder how the neighbor might feel if a
natural disaster of some sort severly limits r even takes out all other
communications and the only way to communicate with family and/or friends is
via short wave radio. We cannot let the public forget we are involved with
such organizations as Amateru Radio Emergency Services, Radio Amateur Civil
Emergency Services, Military Affiliate Radio Services and Skywarn, as well
as relaying mesages (after all, many of us are part of the Amateru Radio
Relay League, emphasis mine) fax transmissions, for all of which we do not
accept any compensation. Amateur radio is more than just a hobby: it is an
unpaid public service.
Respectfully submitted,
73, de T. Kenneth Lewis, K3FMK
Retired Real Estate Appraiser and former Broker who held the REALTOR®
designation
P.S. While all REALTORs® are real estate agents, all real estate agents are
not REALTORs®. It is a professional designation conferred after training and
passing a test, somewhat like a doctor or a nurse or a lawyer, but not on as
grand a scale.
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